Volunteer tourism fields

Spaces of altruism and unsustainability

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21699166
AutoresJamie Thompson (0000-0001-5508-4780, The Business School, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume25
Fascículo5
Páginas779-791
Data de publicação2022-03-04
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCurrent Issues in Tourism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1368-3500 • E-ISSN: 1747-7603
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13683500.2021.1887824
OpenAlexW3130778086
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14
Referências citadas57

Drawing upon research from six volunteer projects in Cambodia, this paper explores the volunteer host community as a ‘space’ that has its own rules and normalized ways of behaving that influences the assistance prospective beneficiaries receive. Underpinned by Bourdieu’s theory of field’s, qualitative interviews and participant observation is conducted with both volunteers and hosts. This paper concludes that volunteer project rules are not homogeneous and that normalized ways of behaving can lead to unregulated and unsustainable practice but also integrated and productive outcomes. This suggests a more regulative and structured approach to volunteer tourism led by media and volunteers themselves may enhance the sustainable foundation of the sector

Alternative tourism · Business · Economics · Ecotourism · Environmental ethics · Environmental resource management · Political science · Public relations · Sustainable tourism · Tourism · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Psychology · Social Psychology · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development · Travel-related health issues · Marketing